When you are playing against someone who just started to play poker online, they are more than likely going to play with two different styles: They are either going to play every hand and call all the way with any draw or they are going to play only strong starting hands and just check call you all the way even if they have the nuts!

At online poker secrets, we recommend STRONGLY: Figure out what kind of newbie you are playing!  Figure what kind of player they are and play their kind of poker. If you bet into them and they call and call and then show the nuts on the river you know that next time you bet into them and they call you should be checking it down unless you have the nuts!  A lot of the time, a player like this will still call you down with a straight on a flush board, or 2 pair on a straight board – so profiting off these players can be easy!

Just a little tip to keep you from going on tilt in a situation that can be avoided.

Don’t change the way you are playing poker just because you are losing. The reality in online poker (and live too) is sometimes your good cards just dont hold up, or you just dont get the cards you want. If you feel you are playing good poker and are winning consistently you may have a bad day or two or 10 even! Don’t let these losing days change the way you play or make you start to question the way you are playing.

To ride the rush you have to weather the storm too!

Have you ever heard the phrase “there is more than one way to win the pot”?  While I do believe in this, I also believe that you should have a reason for your action.

If you are going to play poker and do it to make money you should not call, bet or raise without a reason for doing so. I think that the game of Texas Hold’em Poker is getting to the point where there are many good poker players that know how to play the game well. If you are asking yourself why this post is called what it is, it is just a question to ask yourself the next time you are playing poker and you are thinking of raising, you should always have an answer.

When playing poker, it is important to know who you can take advantage of and who you cant.  The reality is (even though you may not want to admit it), there will be instances where there are players at the poker table that are better than you! 

Its important to focus on outplaying the players you know will give you respect, or the players that are fishy at the table.  Dont get too involved with the players that have the ability to take advantage of you, as this wont be a profitable circumstance.

Poker is not like riding a bicycle!!!!  If you decide to take a break from playing poker, make sure that when you come back, you study the game and get your head back into it before you rejoin your regular poker limits.  Even a week can make a difference!

Your brain learns instincts (especially in online poker), so if you take a break from your routine, it is easy for you to get off track and even just a little difference can change your winning percentage.